Female Role Models in Literature

My Girl Scout Silver Project

My name is Liliana, I am a Cadette of Girl Scout Troop 80350, and I am currently working on my Silver Award. In a study looking at almost 6,000 books published between 1900 and 2000, it was found that "no more than 33 percent of children’s books published in any given year contain central characters that are adult women or female animals, but adult men and male animals appear in up to 100 percent of books" (“From Peter Rabbit to Curious George, FSU study finds 100 years of gender bias in children's books”). Little girls reading these books that are primarily about men have a lack of role models that they can look up to. Girls need these female characters showing girls that they can do anything that boys can.​ This project is important, because I want these girls to be able to do anything they want, through the empowerment received by reading these books about important women.

"A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water."-Eleanor Roosevelt